LEFTY478 Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Lefty 458, CSMonitor.com disagree with your numbers. According to their website , "In the Gulf War in 1991, 35 of the 148 US combat deaths (and nine of the 47 among British forces) were due to friendly fire. " I remember the figue of 85% from a 1992 lecture, at the Royal School of Artillery; somewhat ironically given by a USAF Major, on the "Need for Fire Control, on the modern, fast moving battlefield". UK dead, from Op Granby (Gulf WarI) was 47; this is for the entire deployment and includes RTA and training accidents, I believe this was 15, 9 men killed by an A10 pilot, 2 RAF shot down and killed by US and appx 8 SAS killed when the Yanks took out two of their own helicopters, which they were traveling in. The remaining killed were by mostly by mines and other EOD, after the ground war had finished. And a small number accually killed by the Iraqis' returning fire. I standby what I said, 85% of Briton's casualies; killed or seriously injured, in combat, was caused by the US of A Regards Lefty478 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Personally I'd hand out some guns for free...all the time these ****holes wanna shoot each other the sooner they get rid of themselves the better. Free up some space for decent people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirky640 Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Personally I'd hand out some guns for free...all the time these ****holes wanna shoot each other the sooner they get rid of themselves the better. Free up some space for decent people. here here well said that man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death from below Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 There is law.....and then there is something called natural justice. I count myself amongst the vast majority of common law abiding citizens of this country who pay all there bills(mostly on time) hold open doors for the females of this world and would gladly help an old lady across the road........without being a bleeding heatrt liberal....I am getting completely ****** off with the attitude of this govenrment and their p*** poor ideas on crime prevention(and this comes from a serving police officer of 17 years). As with all things in life everything goes full circle......we(the good people of this country....nowt to do with colour,age,sex,upbringing etc etc) will get to a point when enough is enough.....I'm starting to sound like some right wing american evangelisisit here..... how long can we sit and tolerate crimes against us that are occuring day in and day out......little sh*** running amock in the streets....********(and I make no apologies for not **** out that word) raping and murdering there own family( the case of the little 2 year old recently murderd by her uncle up in leeds)..... the worm will turn and natural justice will start taking over. When one scumbag shoots another then it is easy to say great hang a gun out and let them shoot each other.....if that was as far as it went then great......but more often than not innocent good people are the victims of these filth......I seem to be losing my point a bit here(or just venting my spleen)......so a message to the scumbags and criminal chavs of this world....keep dishing out your behaviour 'cause someday it will come back and bite your head off. The worm always turns. DFB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darebear Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 There is law.....and then there is something called natural justice. I count myself amongst the vast majority of common law abiding citizens of this country who pay all there bills(mostly on time) hold open doors for the females of this world and would gladly help an old lady across the road........without being a bleeding heatrt liberal....I am getting completely ****** off with the attitude of this govenrment and their p*** poor ideas on crime prevention(and this comes from a serving police officer of 17 years). As with all things in life everything goes full circle......we(the good people of this country....nowt to do with colour,age,sex,upbringing etc etc) will get to a point when enough is enough.....I'm starting to sound like some right wing american evangelisisit here..... how long can we sit and tolerate crimes against us that are occuring day in and day out......little sh*** running amock in the streets....********(and I make no apologies for not **** out that word) raping and murdering there own family( the case of the little 2 year old recently murderd by her uncle up in leeds)..... the worm will turn and natural justice will start taking over. When one scumbag shoots another then it is easy to say great hang a gun out and let them shoot each other.....if that was as far as it went then great......but more often than not innocent good people are the victims of these filth......I seem to be losing my point a bit here(or just venting my spleen)......so a message to the scumbags and criminal chavs of this world....keep dishing out your behaviour 'cause someday it will come back and bite your head off. The worm always turns. DFB vote for death_from_below Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEFTY478 Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 There is law.....and then there is something called natural justice. I count myself amongst the vast majority of common law abiding citizens of this country who pay all there bills(mostly on time) hold open doors for the females of this world and would gladly help an old lady across the road........without being a bleeding heatrt liberal....I am getting completely ****** off with the attitude of this govenrment and their p*** poor ideas on crime prevention(and this comes from a serving police officer of 17 years). As with all things in life everything goes full circle......we(the good people of this country....nowt to do with colour,age,sex,upbringing etc etc) will get to a point when enough is enough.....I'm starting to sound like some right wing american evangelisisit here..... how long can we sit and tolerate crimes against us that are occuring day in and day out......little sh*** running amock in the streets....********(and I make no apologies for not **** out that word) raping and murdering there own family( the case of the little 2 year old recently murderd by her uncle up in leeds)..... the worm will turn and natural justice will start taking over. When one scumbag shoots another then it is easy to say great hang a gun out and let them shoot each other.....if that was as far as it went then great......but more often than not innocent good people are the victims of these filth......I seem to be losing my point a bit here(or just venting my spleen)......so a message to the scumbags and criminal chavs of this world....keep dishing out your behaviour 'cause someday it will come back and bite your head off. The worm always turns. DFB Well said that man! From your straight forward, clear thinking, am I right to believe that, you're not a 'fast track' officer? -ie got a degree in Political B*****ks, as a possed to, having a pair of your own? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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